[clockwise] Kerrie Thomason, Natasha Granger and Alexandra Lewis
Scream Phone will open at London’s Soho Theatre from 28-30 October. The production will then visit the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham (3-6 November), The Mill Studio at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford (10 November), The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol (11-12 November), The Rondo Theatre in Bath (13 November), Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre (17 November), the Town and Gown Theatre in Cambridge (18-20 November) and Komedia in Brighton (26 November).
The 1989-set musical that takes its inspiration from the retro board game Dream Phone will be directed by Tom Parry with arrangements and music by Martin Higgins, set design by Casey Jay Andrews and lighting design by David Doyle.
Scream Phone premiered at The Vaults in 2019 before playing a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and embarking on its first national tour.
Swipe Right’s debut show, girl power musical 2 Become 1 played sold-out runs at three successive Edinburgh Fringe Festivals followed by a successful run at the King’s Head in London.
Inspired by the music of their youth, Thomason and Granger’s tale of four best friends on a wild night on the town takes its audience on a female fuelled trip through the music and mood of 1990s Britain.
Bios
Natasha Granger is co-writer and plays Melody. She is co-founder of Swipe Right Theatre; her credits for the company include 2 Become 1 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Brighton Fringe/King’s Head Theatre). She is also co-founder of Anglo-Swiss theatre company, Theatre Fideri Fidera, where her credits include Ugg ‘n’ Ogg and the World’s First Dogg, Pitschi: The Kitten with Dreams (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/UK tour) and Oskar’s Amazing Adventure in the Snow (UK tour). Her other theatre credits include Don Rodolfo, The Wrestling and The Reunion (Edinburgh Festival Fringe).
Kerrie Thomason is co-writer and plays Janice. She is co-founder of Swipe Right Theatre, her credits for the company include 2 Become 1 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Brighton Fringe/King’s Head Theatre). Her stage credits include Single White Slut (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/UK tour/Duchess Theatre/The Melbourne Comedy Festival) and Max & Ivan: Prom Night and Hamlet (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Thomason also volunteers for Scene And Heard, a theatre-based children’s charity.
Alexandra Lewis plays Stacey. Her theatre credits include A Night at the Musicals (Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra), I’m Sorry But… (The Bread and Roses Theatre) and Perfectly Ordinary (Guildford Fringe Festival). Her television credits include Sex Education; and for film, Miss Marx.
Tom Parry directs. His theatre credits include The Reunion by Max and Ivan (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Don Rodolfo by Ciaran Dowd (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Soho Theatre). As one third of the award-winning sketch group Pappys he wrote six Edinburgh shows, twice being nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award; and as a stand-up his credits include Yellow T Shirt (Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Best Newcomer nomination), which was also developed into BBC Radio 4’s Fancy Dressed Life. As a writer, his television credits include Class Dismissed and Badults; and the upcoming film, Your Christmas Or Mine?
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